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Perfect Blue

Name: Perfect Blue
Director: Satoshi Kon
Genre: Animation, Thriller
Released: 1998
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

1998 · Directed by Satoshi Kon · 81 min · Animation · Thriller · 40 frames

Tagline

"excuse me... who are you?"

Crew

Screenplay: Sadayuki Murai
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Edited by: Harutoshi Ogata
Music: Masahiro Ikumi
Produced by: Hiroaki Inoue, Yoshihisa Ishihara, Yutaka Togo, Hitomi Nakagaki

Cast

Junko Iwao as Mima Kirigoe (voice)
Rica Matsumoto as Rumi (voice)
Shiho Niiyama as Rei (voice)
Masaaki Okura as Mamoru Uchida (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Tadokoro (voice)
Emiko Furukawa as Yukiko (voice)
Yosuke Akimoto as Tejima (voice)
Yoku Shioya as Takao Shibuya (voice)
Hideyuki Hori as Sakuragi (voice)
Emi Shinohara as Eri Ochiai (voice)

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Madhouse, Rex Entertainment, Kotobuki Seihan Printing, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Budget: $830,442
Box office: $2,743,097
Themes: career, rape, based on novel or book, paranoia, stalker, celebrity, singer, stalking, fame, female protagonist

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